by Dovell Bonnett | Sep 9, 2011 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Data Security
With all the cyber attacks reported in the news and with the increase in email SPAM with malware attachments, company CEO’s are asking me about their protection strategies. When I start discussing anti-virus and anti-malware software, I often get the same response,...
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 31, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Online Security
Unsafe Password Management Practices The result of poor password management and insecure systems is all too evident in the press lately with thousands of password breaches for Sony Playstation Network, Gawker media’s sites, RockYou.com and many others. The new...
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 29, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Online Security, Password Authentication
It is impossible to understate the importance of having and using strong, secure online passwords, both personally and for companies. As tools like Firesheep have shown, gaining access to an email or Facebook account can be alarmingly simple. One of the primary...
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 26, 2011 | Cloud Security, Cyber Security, Cyber Warfare, Data Security, Data Theft Prevention, Industrial Espionage
Recently McAffe published a worldwide hacking report about what they are calling Shady RAT. The United Nations, Olympic committees, governments, U.S. real estate company, a major media organization based in New York, a satellite communications company and other...
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 24, 2011 | Online Security
Recently I have been reading about warnings of some nasty new online banking malware. Many of us do bank online and we trust our banks to be on top of security and safety issues. And to stay in business, this is something that they must do and they do it well....
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 22, 2011 | Online Security
People use the internet mainly for three things – searching, sharing, and shopping. The advent of smartphones and social media these last few years has opened up a new activity: texting. This new world is where communication is happening is opening up new security. In...
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 17, 2011 | Identity Theft
Below is a report from the Smart Card Alliance on Medical Identity Theft. While the info is staggering the walk away points for me is the migration to PHRs, EHRs and HIEs. Security has to start at the very beginning and that is where a secure token and password...
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 15, 2011 | Online Security
Email flyers and advertisements largely replaced paper flyers, just as online news blogs and sites are largely replacing traditional newspapers. However, email marketing is becoming less effective each passing day because people are so bombarded with spam in their...
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 8, 2011 | Data Theft Prevention, Online Security
A Hewlett-Packard’s white paper “HP ProtectTools: Authentication technologies and suitability to task“, 06/2005, does a very good job discussing the different security technologies available (Passwords, Trusted Platform Module, smartcard USB token, biometric...
by Dovell Bonnett | Aug 2, 2011 | Online Security
In an exclusive survey, members of the CIO Forum on LinkedIn have weighed in on the business impact of application performance. These CIOs and IT leaders say they directly associate application performance with end-user and customer satisfaction, along with the...
